Rizal returned home to the Philippines in 1887 after being warned that his novel Noli Me Tangere had caused uproar among the friars. Upon arriving, he established a medical practice and helped his partially blind mother. However, controversy over the Noli grew, with the friars attacking it as heretical and subversive. Defenders including Rizal's former teacher defended the work. Threats against Rizal's life increased and he was forced to leave the Philippines in 1888 for his own safety, though he remained committed to serving his country from abroad.

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First Homecoming
1887-88

2. All the alluring beauties of foreign countries and all
the beautiful memories of his sojourn in alien lands
could neither make Rizal for his fatherland nor turn
his back to his own nationality, he remained at heart a
true Filipino with an unquenchable love for the
Philippines and an unshakable determination to die in
the land of his birth.

3. Decision to Return Home
•Because of the publication of the Noli Me Tangere
and the uproar it caused among the friars, Rizal was
warned by Paciano (his brother), Silvestre Ubaldo (his
brother-in-law), Chengoy (Jose M. Cecilio), and other
friends to return home.

4. He was determined to return to the
Philippines for the following reasons:
1. to operates on his mother’s eye’s.
2. to serve his people who had long been oppressed
by the Spanish tyrants.
3. to find out for himself how the Noli and his other
writings were affecting the Filipinos and
Spaniards in the Philippines.
4. to inquire why Leonor Rivera remained silent.

5. June 29, 1887- In Rome, Rizal wrote to his father
announcing his homecoming.
Delightful Trip to Manila
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July 3, 1887 – He boarded the streamer Djemnah,
the same streamer which brought him to Europe
five years ago.
There were about 50passengers including 4
Englishmen, 2 Germans, 3 Chinese, 2 Japanese,
manyFrenchmen and 1 Filipino (Rizal).

6. •
Rizal was the only one among the passengers who
could speak many languages, so that he acted as
interpreter for his companions.
Arrival in Manila
•August 5, the Haiphong arrived in Manila. He stayed
in the city for a short time. Hefound Manila the same
as when he left it 5 years ago.

7. Happy Homecoming
•On August 8, he returned to Calamba. His family
welcomed him affectionally, with plentiful tears of
joys. His family became worried about his safety.
Paciano did not leave him to protect him from any
enemy assault.
•In Calamba, Rizal established a medical clinic. His
first patient was his mother, who was almost blind.
•News of the arrival of a great doctor from Germany
spread far and wide. Patients from manila and other
province flocked to Calamba.

8. •He was called “Doctor Ulliman” because he came
from Germany.
•Within a few months he was able to earn P900 as a
physician. By February, 1888, he earned a total of
P5000 as medical fees. Rizal did not selfishly devote
all his time to enrichinghimself. He opened a
gymnasium for young folks and introduced European
sports.
•He failed to see Leonora Rivera. Leonora’s mother
did not like him to be son in-law.

9. Storm Over Noli
•Few weeks after his arrival, Rizal received a letter
from Governor General Emelio Terrero requesting
him to come to Malacañang Palace. When Governor
General Terrero informed him of the charge, he
denied it, explaining that he merely exposed the truth,
but the did not advocate subversive ideas.
•Gov. Gen. Terrero was pleased by Rizal’s
explanation and curious about his book and he asked
the author to have a copy of the Noli so that he could
read it.

10. •Rizal had no copy then because the only copy that he
brought home was given to a friend. But he promised
to secure one for the General. Fortunately, Rizal
found a copy and gave it to General Terrero. He knew
that Rizal’s life was jeopardy because the friars were
powerful. For security measures he assigned a young
Spanish lieutenant Don Jose Taviel de Andrade, as
bodyguard of Rizal.

11. •But Rizal’s enemies were powerful. The Archbishop
of Manila, Msgr. Pedro Payo sent a copy of the
Noli to father Rector Gregorio Echavarria of the
University of Santo Tomas for examination by a
committee of the faculty. The report of the faculty
members of UST stated that the Noli was “heretical,
impious, and scandalous in the religious order, and
antipatriotic, subversive of public order, injurious to
the government of Spain and its f unction in the
Philippine Island in the political order”.
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12. •Governor General Terrero was dissatisfied with the
report of he Dominicans. He sent the novel to the
Permanent Commission of Censorship. The report of
this commission was drafted by its head, Fr. Salvador
Font, Augustinian Cura of Tondo, & submitted to
Governor General on Dec. 29. It found the novel to
contain Subversive ideas against the church and
Spain and recommended “that the importation,
reproduction and circulation of this pernicious book
in the island be absolutely prohibited”.

13. •The banning of Noli only serve to make it popular.
Everybody wanted to read it. News about the great
book spread among the masses. Despite the
government prohibition and the vigilance of the cruel
Guardia civil, many Filipinos where able to get hold
of copies of the Noli which they read at night behind
close door.

14. Attackers of the Noli
The battle over the Noli took the form of a virulent
war of words.
•Father Font printed hid report and distributed copies
of it in order to discredit the controversial novel.
•Father Jose Rodriguez, Prior of Guadalupe,
published a series of eight pamphlets under the
general heading Cuestiones de Sumo Interes
(Questions of Supreme Interest) to blast the Noli and
other anti-Spanish writings.

15. Eight Pamphlets
1.Porque no los he des leer? (Why should I not read
them?).
2.Guardaos de ellos. Porque? (Beware of them.
Why?).
3.Y-que me dice usted de la peste? (And what can you
tell me of Plague?)
4.Por que triunfan los impios? (Why do the impious
triumph?).

16. 5. Cree usted que de versa no hay purgatorio? (Do you
think there is really no purgatory?).
6. Hay o no hay infierno? (Is there or is there no
hell?).
7. Que le parece austed de esos libelos? (What do you
think of these libels?).
8. Confesion o condenacion?(Confession or
Damnation?).

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Copies of anti-Rizal pamphlets were sold daily in
the churches. Many Filipinos were forced to buy
them in order not to displease the friars.
The storm over the Noli reached Spain. It was
attacked on the session hall of the senate of the
Spanish Cortes by various senators, particularly
General Jose de Salamanca, General Luis M.
Pando and Fernando Vida

18. Defenders of the Noli
•Marcelo H. del Pilar, Dr. Antonio Ma. Regidor,
Graciano Lopez Jaena, Mariano Ponce and other
Filipino reformists inforeign lands rushed to uphold
the truths of the novel.
•Father Sanchez, Rizal’s favorite teacher in Ateneo,
defended and praised it in public.

19. •
A brilliant defense of the Noli came from an
unexpected source. Rev. Vicente Garcia, writing
under the pen name Justo Desiderio Magalang,
wrote a defense of the Noli which was published
in Singapore as an appendix to a pamphlet dated
July18, 1888.
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When Rizal learned of the brilliant defense of
Father Garcia of his novel, he cried because his
gratitude was over whelming.

20. Rizal and Taviel de Andrade
Governor General Terrero assigned Jose Taviel de
Andr ade as Rizal’s body guard.
Rizal and Andrade, both young, educated and
cultured, made walking tours of the verdant country
side, discussed topics of common interest, and
enjoyed fencing, shooting and painting.

21. What marred Rizal’s happy days in
Calamba with Andrade were:
1. The death of his older sister, Olimpia
2. The groundless tales circulated by his enenmies
that he was “a German spy, a protestant, a mason
and a witch, a soul beyond salvation, etc”.

22. Farewell to Calamba
The friars exerted pressure on Malacañan Palace to
eliminate Rizal. They asked Governor General
Terrero to deport Rizal but he refused because there
was no valid charge against Rizal incourt.
Anonymous threats against Rizal’s life were received
by his parents. The alarmed parents, relatives and
friends advised him to leave the Philippines for his
life was in danger.

23. Rizal had to go but he was not running like a coward
from a f ight. He was courageous, a fact which his
worst enemies could not deny.
He was not afraid of any man and neither was he
afraid to die.

24. He was compelled to leave Calamba for two reasons:
1.His presence in Calamba was jeopardizing the
safety and happiness of his family and friends.
2. He could fight better his enemies and serve his
countr y’s cause with greater efficacy by writing in
foreign countries.

25. End of slide
Prepared by:
Mary Grace V. Mancao
IV-BSHM